A mistrial was declared Thursday afternoon in the perjury case against a Louisville police officer.

A mistrial was declared Thursday afternoon in the perjury case against a Louisville police officer.

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Updated: 5:23 PM EDT Oct 8, 2015

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WEBVTT BREAK. A MISTRIAL IS DECLARED IN THE PERJURY CASE AGAINST A LOUISVILLE POLICE OFFICER. LESLEE WAGNER WAS ALSO FACING CHARGES OF FALSE SWEARING. WLKY'S STEVE BURGIN JOINS US LIVE WITH WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT. THIS CASE AROSE FROM A CONFRONTATION THE OFF DUTY OFFICER HAD WITH A REPOMAN TWO YEARS AGO. SHE PUT HER BADGE IN HIS FACE. SHE'S THE ONE WHO IS A VICTIM OF ASSAULT. WAGNER'S ATTORNEY STEVE SCHROERING ARGUED HIS CLIENT SHOULD BE ACQUITTED. IT WAS IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF SEPTEMBER 5 OF 2013 WHEN REPOMAN ADAM HANNAHS ROLLED UP TO HER APARTMENT COMPLEX. HANNAHS SET OFF A CAR ALARM THAT BROUGHT LESLEE WAGNER AND HER HUSBAND, LARRY WHO IS ALSO A POLICE OFFICER, OUT OF THEIR APARTMENT. THEY DEMANDED ID FROM HANNAHS. HE CLAIMED HE DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE OFFICERS. HANNAHS RECORDED SOME OF THE CONFRONTATION THAT WAS PLAYED TO THE JURY. I'M NOT PLAYING AROUND. YOU'RE GOING TO GET ARRESTED. GIVE ME AN ID. STOP LEAVE ME ALONE, LEAVE ME ALONE, HELP, HELP. HANNAHS WAS ARRESTED. IT'S LESLEE WAGNER'S TESTIMONY BEFORE A GRAND JURY THAT LED TO CHARGES AGAINST HER. THE PROSECUTOR SAYS SHE EMBELLISHED WHAT HAPPENED AND CITES A STATEMENT MADE ABOUT HELPING THE REPOMAN DO HIS JOB GETTING A NEIGHBOR'S VEHICLE. THE WAGNER'S ARE HERE TO HELP. MY HUSBAND TOLD HIM YOU KNOW IF YOU CAN SHOW UP SOME ID WHO YOU ARE AND WHY YOU'RE HERE AND IT'S LEGITIMATE WE'LL HELP YOU GET THE VEHICLE OUT. DOES LARRY SAY WE WOULD HELP YOU GET THE CAR OUT. NO LARRY DOESN'T SAY THAT. THAT WAS HERN 4 MONTHS AFTER A HOURS DELIBERATING THE JURY TOLD THE JUDGE MORE DELIBG WASN'T GOING TO HELP. JUROR TOM TEMPLE TALKED ABOUT THEIR DILEMMA. IT WASN'T PROVED TO EVERYBODY BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT SHE KNOWINGLY LIED, WITH THE INTENT. THAT WAS THE STICKLER. THE REPOMAN SAYS HE'S LOST TWO YEARS OF HIS LIFE AND PLANS ON FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH THIS CASE. DEFENSE ATTORNEY SCHROERING TOLD ME THEY ARE DISAPPOINTED. THEY WANTED THIS CASE RESOLVED TODAY. OFFICER WAGNER FACES ANOTHER TRIAL NEXT FEBRUARY.

Mistrial declared in police officer's perjury trial

A mistrial was declared Thursday afternoon in the perjury case against a Louisville police officer.